diff --git a/src/main/java/electroblob/wizardry/spell/GuardianBeam.java b/src/main/java/electroblob/wizardry/spell/GuardianBeam.java
index 14b4108b..c1b8684e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/electroblob/wizardry/spell/GuardianBeam.java
+++ b/src/main/java/electroblob/wizardry/spell/GuardianBeam.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import net.minecraft.entity.Entity;
 import net.minecraft.entity.EntityLivingBase;
 import net.minecraft.init.MobEffects;
 import net.minecraft.util.EnumFacing;
-import net.minecraft.util.SoundEvent;
 import net.minecraft.util.math.BlockPos;
 import net.minecraft.util.math.Vec3d;
 import net.minecraft.world.World;
@@ -22,19 +21,9 @@ public class GuardianBeam extends SpellRay {
 		addProperties(DAMAGE, AIR_DEPLETION);
 	}
 
-	@Override
-	protected SoundEvent[] createSounds(){
-		return this.createContinuousSpellSounds();
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	protected void playSound(World world, EntityLivingBase entity, int ticksInUse, int duration, SpellModifiers modifiers, String... sounds){
-		this.playSoundLoop(world, entity, ticksInUse);
-	}
-
 	@Override
 	protected void playSound(World world, double x, double y, double z, int ticksInUse, int duration, SpellModifiers modifiers, String... sounds){
-		this.playSoundLoop(world, x, y, z, ticksInUse, duration);
+		if(ticksInUse % 50 == 1) super.playSound(world, x, y, z, ticksInUse, duration, modifiers, sounds);
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/src/main/resources/assets/ebwizardry/sounds.json b/src/main/resources/assets/ebwizardry/sounds.json
index a94a296f..b7c338c3 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/assets/ebwizardry/sounds.json
+++ b/src/main/resources/assets/ebwizardry/sounds.json
@@ -218,9 +218,7 @@
 	"spell.greater_ward": 				{"category": "spells", "sounds": ["ebwizardry:buff_large"]},
 	"spell.group_heal": 				{"category": "spells", "sounds": ["ebwizardry:heal"]},
 	"spell.growth_aura": 				{"category": "spells", "sounds": ["ebwizardry:conjure_large"]},
-	"spell.guardian_beam.start": 		{"category": "spells", "sounds": ["mob/guardian/attack_loop"]},
-	"spell.guardian_beam.loop": 		{"category": "spells", "sounds": ["mob/guardian/attack_loop"]},
-	"spell.guardian_beam.end": 			{"category": "spells", "sounds": ["mob/guardian/attack_loop"]},
+	"spell.guardian_beam": 				{"category": "spells", "sounds": ["mob/guardian/attack_loop"]},
 	"spell.hailstorm": 					{"category": "spells", "sounds": ["mob/illusion_illager/prepare_blind"]},
 	"spell.heal": 						{"category": "spells", "sounds": ["ebwizardry:heal"]},
 	"spell.heal_ally": 					{"category": "spells", "sounds": ["ebwizardry:heal"]},